Agricultural Involution: The Processes of Ecological Change in Indonesia is one of the most famous of the early works of Clifford Geertz. It principal thesis is that many centuries of intensifying wet-rice cultivation in Indonesia had produced greater social complexity without significant technological or political change, a process Geertz terms "involution". Written for a US-f...(展开全部)

Agricultural Involution: The Processes of Ecological Change in Indonesia is one of the most famous of the early works of Clifford Geertz. It principal thesis is that many centuries of intensifying wet-rice cultivation in Indonesia had produced greater social complexity without significant technological or political change, a process Geertz terms "involution". Written for a US-f...(展开全部)

When it first appeared in 1965, The Conditions of Agricultural Growth heralded a breakthrough in the theory of agricultural development. Whereas 'development' had previously been seen as the transformation of traditional communities by the introduction (or imposition) of new technologies, Ester Boserup argued that changes and improvements occur from within agricultural communit...(展开全部)

埃斯特•博塞拉普（Ester Boserup，1910—1999），丹麦20世纪著名女性经济学家，出生于哥本哈根，于1935年从哥本哈根大学获得涵盖理论经济学和社会学、农业政策的学位。她的研究领域是经济学和农业发展，曾在丹麦政府工作，后在联合国欧洲经济委员会从事农业贸易政策方面的工作，后又在印度致力于将自己的理论运用到农业发展实践中。回到丹麦之后，博塞拉普在很多机构从事顾问工作，并创作了她一生中最重要的几部著作，其中成就深远的作品就是《农业增长的条件：人口压力下农业演变的经济学》，在该书中，她挑战了马尔萨斯学说，提出了影响深远的农业演变理论。

埃斯特•博塞拉普（Ester Boserup，1910—1999），丹麦20世纪著名女性经济学家，出生于哥本哈根，于1935年从哥本哈根大学获得涵盖理论经济学和社会学、农业政策的学位。她的研究领域是经济学和农业发展，曾在丹麦政府工作，后在联合国欧洲经济委员会从事农业贸易政策方面的工作，后又在印度致力于将自己的理论运用到农业发展实践中。回到丹麦之后，博塞拉普在很多机构从事顾问工作，并创作了她一生中最重要的几部著作，其中成就深远的作品就是《农业增长的条件：人口压力下农业演变的经济学》，在该书中，她挑战了马尔萨斯学说，提出了影响深远的农业演变理论。

What is the role of religion in shaping interactions and relations between the human and nonhuman in nature? Why are Muslim and Christian organizations generally not a potent force in Southeast Asian environmental movements? The Camphor Tree and the Elephant brings these questions into the history of ecological change in the region, centering the roles of religion and coloniali...(展开全部)

What is the role of religion in shaping interactions and relations between the human and nonhuman in nature? Why are Muslim and Christian organizations generally not a potent force in Southeast Asian environmental movements? The Camphor Tree and the Elephant brings these questions into the history of ecological change in the region, centering the roles of religion and coloniali...(展开全部)

You might describe Richard Saul Wurman as a provocateur, a pioneer, a creative genius. Inspirational, innovative, larger-than-life ... legendary, even. Others have. But the most apt description of this singular individual -- this architect, designer, creator of the celebrated TED Conference, and prolific author -- is storyteller. Springing to life from the mind of the world's o...(展开全部)